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17
PAPAKURA COURIER, JUNE 22, 2011
SPORT
Repeat of last year's semifinals
By ALAN APTED
Splash: Bombay's Mike McKinnon and Jon Harbraken make a
splash as they bring Pukekohe Metro's Manoa Lesavua to a stop
on a water-logged Colin Lawrie Fields.
Untouched: Pukekohe halfback Kevin Farrell dives in for one of his
side's nine tries against Bombay.
Hauled up: Bombay's Pat Clotworthy, left, and Connall Bromwich combine to stop Pukekohe halfback
Kevin Farrell's slide for the tryline during the final round Counties Manukau club rugby at Colin Lawrie
Fields, Pukekohe, last Saturday.
Photos: RICHARD SPRANGER.
An air of deja vu hangs of the
Counties Manukau club
rugby s premier grade
playoffs with Pukekohe
hosting Karaka and Waiuku
entertaining Patumahoe this
Saturday.
The draw is exactly the
same as last year s semifinals
-- only the seedings have
altered.
Pukekohe claimed the
minor premiership and top
seeding with the nine-try
61-0 demolition of Bombay at
Colin Lawrie Fields in Puke-
kohe last Saturday.
Defending champions
Waiuku beat Ardmore Marist
48-19 for second spot.
Patumahoe were third and
Karaka, who relinquished the
Counties Power Cup in a 19-5
loss to Manurewa, were
fourth.
Karaka s loss on the eve of
the semifinals was a disap-
pointment for coach Craig
Hill.
He says it s been compoun-
ded by bitter memories of the
44-20 flogging they got from
Pukekohe in last year s semi-
final.
It s going to be really
tough for us, Hill says.
Pukekohe, with the likes
of Kevin Farrell, Manoa
Lesavua and Mark Price,
have a history of being in
finals and a history of win-
ning them.
It s going to take a mass-
ive effort on our part.
Karaka will be further
handicapped by the absence
of first five-eighth Baden
Kerr who is still recovering
from a broken finger.
His job falls to fullback
Tino Halelilo who has made a
good fist of the first five berth
in the absence of Kerr, Hill
says.
Pukekohe will be mindful
that three points is all that
separated the two sides in
each of their two round robin
matches.
Pukekohe won the round
three match at Karaka in
April, 14-17, and their round
10 match at home, 16-13.
Karaka s definitely not
going to be easy, Pukekohe
coach Rhys Cullinane.
Except for the blow out
against Bombay last
Saturday there has never
been an easy game in this
championship.
And I don t expect the
semifinal against Karaka will
be any easier. They were
tough to beat in last year s
final. We only got the better
of them in the last 10 minutes
of the match.
Cullinane says the one-off
nature of the semi makes it
anyone s game.
The minor semifinal
between Waiuku
and
Patumahoe is too close to call.
Patumahoe have won both
encounters against the
defending champions this
season.
They won the first 21-20
back in April and the second
19-16 on June 11.
Adding to Waiuku s worry s
will be the absence of their
try-scoring prop Simon
Lemalu who s in Apia triall-
ing for Manu Samoa.
All coaches will be anxious
ahead of the Steelers/Wai-
kato match at Bayer Growers
Stadium in Pukekohe at
6.30pm today. They hope
none of their players involved
will pull up injured.
The premier reserve semi-
final has minor premiers
Karaka hosting Bombay at
the Karaka Sports Centre on
Saturday at 12.30pm and
Ardmore Marist taking on
Waiuku at Bruce Pulman
Park at the same time.
RESULTS
Premiers -- McNamara Cup:
Onewhero 7 (Sean
Bagshaw, try. Vaughan
Holdt con) Patumahoe 15
(Ritchie Ah Chong, Sean
Reidy, tries. Reidy con, pen)
Karaka 15 (Sione
Anga'aelangi, William
Mateai, tries. David Halalilo
con, pen) Manurewa 19
(Ropeti Lemana, Darryl
Wihapi, Joshua Levi, tries.
Levi 2 con)
Waiuku 48 (Tries: Notise
Tauafao, Sosefo Kata,
Dominic Olson, Sio Petelo,
Eli Peters, Bayden Morey,
tries. Morey con, d/g.
Kirisome (Ray) Laulala 2
con, 2 pen) Ardmore Marist
19 (Siua Halanukonuka,
Lolohea Loco, Cody Martin,
tries. Preston Elama 2 con)
Pukekohe 61 (Nigel Watson,
William Crisp, Andrew
Cameron, Peni Buakula 2,
Sebastian Graham, Manoa
Lesavua 2, Kevin Farrell;
Cons: Rob Dennison 8)
Bombay 0.
Standings:
Pukekohe 48, Waiuku 45,
Patumahoe 43, Karaka 41,
Manurewa 38, Ardmore
Marist 32, Onewhero 18,
Bombay. 0.
Semifinals: Pukekohe Metro
v Karaka, Pukekohe; Waiuku
v Patumahoe at Massey
Park, Waiuku.
Premier Reserves -- Bob
Chandler Memorial:
Karaka 34 Manurewa 25;
Onewhero 12 Patumahoe
20; Pukekohe 3 Bombay
19; Waiuku 20 Ardmore
Marist 6.
Standings: Karaka 51,
Ardmore Marist 48, Waiuku
42, Bombay 41, Pukekohe
36, Manurewa 25,
Patumahoe 18, Onewhero
4.
Semifinals: Karaka v
Bombay, Karaka Sports;
Ardmore Marist v Waiuku,
Bruce Pulman Park.
Aztecs v Mellons Bay crucial
By ALAN APTED
The clash between unbeaten
Aztec Premiers 1 and Mellons
Bay 1 at the Otara Rec-
reation Centre is the feature
match of the Counties Manu-
kau regional netball league
on Friday night.
It s a match both teams see
as crucial to taking a psycho-
logical advantage into the
August playoffs.
Former champions Aztec,
who finished third behind
Mellons Bay and Papatoetoe
Rangers in last year s league,
will feel that they have an
edge for having finished
higher than their two rivals
in the recent Super 12 netball
tournament.
Mellons Bay will argue the
difference was marginal and
will be out to stake their
claim as the second best team
in the province.
Aztec destroyed Timber-
town Shelley Park 72-43 at
the Otara Recreation Centre.
The quarter time scores
were 14-9, 34-22, 51-34 and
72-43.
Aztec coach Winnie Hau-
raki was happy with her
team s consistency against an
inexperienced opponent and
she was also impressed with
the high work rate and versa-
tility of both Ashleigh Timoko
and Marcia Bennett in par-
ticular.
Mellons Bay had a much
closer run against newcomers
Bombay before emerging
57-42 winners.
Defending premiers dished
out a hiding to H&W United
at the Manurewa Netball
Centre.
They won 60-35.
The quarter time scores
were 17-6, 27-16, 40-27 and
60-35.
Unbeaten Manurewa
Rugby and Papatoetoe
Rangers 2 lead division two
after comfortable victories
over Pumaz 1 and Aztec 2
last Friday.
Manurewa won 45-31 and
Rangers 61-39.
And in the other division
two game Pumaz 2 beat Tau-
kau 46-46 in a thriller at
Otara.
RESULTS
Division 1: Aztec 1 72 TT
Shelly Park 43, Papatoetoe
Rangers 1 60 H & W United 35,
Mellons Bay 1 57 Bombay 42.
Division 2: Pumaz 2 46 Tuakau
45, Papatoetoe Rangers 2 61
Aztec 2 39, Manurewa Rugby 45
Pumaz 1 31.
STANDINGS
Division 1: Aztec Premier 1 8,
Papatoetoe Rangers 8, Mellons
Bay 8, H&W United 1, Shelly
Park 0, Bombay 0.
Division two: Manurewa
Rugby 8, Papatoetoe Rangers 8,
Pumaz 2 4, Pumaz 1 1, Tuakau 1.
DRAW
Netball Manurewa: Timber-
town Shelley Park v H&W
United (D1) 6.30pm, Pumaz 2 v
Pumaz 1 (D2) 8.30pm.
Otara Recreation Centre:
Aztec Premier 1 v Mellons Bay 1
(D1) 6.30pm, Aztec Premiers 2 v
Manurewa Rugby 2 (D2)
8.30pm.
Rosehill College: Bombay v
Papatoetoe Rangers 1 (D1)
6.30pm, Tuakau v Papatoetoe
Rangers 2 (D2) 8.30pm.
Papakura City full of confidence
'
The players are starting
to believe in themselves
and it's showing in their
results and the way they're
playing.
'
Peter Cooper
By ALAN APTED
STANDINGS
Division 2:
Mt Albert Ponsonby 31,
Fencibles 23, Tauranga
City 20, Ngaruwahia 19,
Hibiscus Coast 19,
Mangere United 17,
Western Springs 15,
North Shore 12,
Papakura City 10,
Warkworth 10, Waiuku
10, Cambridge 0.
Papakura City are out to
avenge a 2-1 first round loss
to Mt Albert Ponsonby
when they take on the run-
away leaders of the North-
ern Region Football
League s second division at
McLennan Park in Papa-
kura this Saturday.
Manager Peter Cooper
says the City players are in
the right frame of mind for
the challenge.
The teams is far more
confident after going three
matches unbeaten with a
2-1 win against Cambridge
United, a 2-2 draw against
Tauranga and a 1-1 tie with
Western Springs at Seddon
Fields last Saturday.
Ross Berry scored Papa-
kura s equaliser in the 30th
minute. He and Nial Okak-
pu were the pick of the City
players.
Cooper says the draw
with Western Springs was
impressive
considering
their opponents were on a
four-match winning streak
which included a 2-1 win
over the competition
leaders Mt Albert-Ponsonby
I think we ve turned the
corner, Cooper says.
The players are starting
to believe in themselves and
it s showing in their results
and the way they re
playing.
Teams always want to
measure themselves and
the match against Mt
Albert-Ponsonby offers us
that opportunity.
City had a player dis-
missed in their first round
match allowing Mt Albert
Ponsonby to snatch a late
goal to break a 1-1 dead-
lock.
Cooper says that result
will be in the back of the
City players minds this
Saturday.
Papakura lie ninth in the
standings, three rungs
behind Mangere United
who had Chatham Cup
commitments last Satur-
day. They host Ngarua-
wahia at Centre Park in
Mangere this weekend.
Saturday s kick-off is
2.45pm.